The St. Zita Society
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rendell, Ruth, PUBLISHER: Scribner Book Company, From three-time Edgar Award-winning mystery writer Ruth Rendell comes a captivating and expertly plotted tale of residents and servants on one block of a posh London street--and <strong>thestrong> deadly ways <strong>thestrong>ir lives intertwine.Life in <strong>thestrong> well-manicured London locale of Hexam Place is not as placid and orderly as it appears. Behind <strong>thestrong> tranquil gardens and polished entryways, relationships between servants and <strong>thestrong>ir employers are set to combust. Henry, <strong>thestrong> handsome valet to Lord Studley, is sleeping with both <strong>thestrong> Lord's wife and his university-age daughter. Montserrate, <strong>thestrong> Still family's lazy au pair, is helping to hide Mrs. Still's illicit affair with a television actor--for a small fee. June, <strong>thestrong> haughty housekeeper to a princess of dubious origin, is hard at work forming a "society" for servants to address complaints about <strong>thestrong>ir employers. Meanwhile, a disturbed gardener, Dex, believes a voice in his cellphone is giving him godlike instructions--that could endanger <strong>thestrong> lives of all who reside in Hexam Place. A deeply observed and suspenseful update to <strong>thestrong> upstairs/downstairs genre, "<strong>Thestrong>""St. Zita Society" is Ruth Rendall at her incisive best.